The Buckhead Fifty started as a service group. Long before Buckhead became a neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, the Fifty gathered to do things for their community. It was the prestigious organization of north Atlanta, Even the governor was a member.

In those days, the Buckhead Fifty Club was interested in paving streets, providing street lights, collecting garbage and cleaning the streets, according to that official history. And, this being Buckhead, they also worried about parking, the history says.

Now the club’s work is mostly social. We adopt a family at Christmas, but members say that, for the most part, they just enjoy getting together at the American Legion Hut at Chastain Park to have supper, listen to a speaker and chat with one another.

The Buckhead Fifty meets once a month 11 months of the year, taking a vacation from their gatherings each July. During a recent meeting, several members said they simply like spending an evening with the others.